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Stephen Crane,
The Open Boat
,
The Red Badge of Courage
Theodore Dreiser,
An American Tragedy
,
Sister Carrie
William Faulkner,
As I Lay Dying
,
The Sound and the Fury
Ellen Glasgow,
Barren Ground
Ernest Hemingway,
A Farewell to Arms
,
The Sun Also Rises
Jack London,
The Call of the Wild
,
White Fang
Cormac
McCarthy,
Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the
West
,
The Crossing
Frank Norris,
McTeague: A Story of San Francisco
,
The Octopus: A
Story of California
Joyce Carol Oates,
Black Water
,
Childwold
Hubert Selby, Jr.,
Last Exit to Brooklyn
,
Requiem for a Dream
Upton Sinclair,
The Jungle
,
Oil!
Edith Wharton,
Ethan Frome
,
The House of Mirth
Émile Zola,
Les Rougon-Macquart
,
Thérèse Raquin
Examples of Naturalism in Literature
1. Stephen Crane,
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Crane‟s 1893 novella is a gritty tale of a young woman named Maggie
who can‟t escape her miserable lot in life. This is one of the first major
works of American naturalism, set in the rough Bowery of New York
City.
Maggie grows up in a violent, alcoholic household.
When she starts
dating a bartender named Pete, her family kicks her out of the house.
Later, Pete leaves her, and Maggie‟s family
refuses to let her return
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home. She lives on the streets, forced to become a prostitute. The book
ends with Maggie‟s death.
2. Richard Wright,
Native Son
Wright‟s 1940 novel follows Bigger Thomas, a 20-year-old black man
on Chicago‟s South Side in the 1930s. He lives in a rundown, one-room
apartment with his brother, sister, and mother. After accidentally killing
his white friend Mary, Bigger goes on
the run with his girlfriend
Bessie. They hide out in an abandoned building,
where Bigger rapes
and ultimately kills Bessie.
The police apprehend Bigger after an intensive, citywide manhunt. His
lawyer, Boris Max, defends him by saying Bigger‟s
destiny was
inescapable. His is the embodiment of every black American‟s fate:
becoming a product of the brutal, oppressive system that created them.
Proving this point, the jury finds Bigger
guilty and sentences him to
die—a verdict he comes to accept.
3. Hubert Selby Jr.,
Requiem for a Dream
Selby‟s 1978 novel is an unflinching look at addiction and its
consequences.
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